Tornado Warning 29, NWS Memphis, TN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1240 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 1989

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUED IN EFFECT FOR A SMALL PART OF
SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...A SMALL PART OF NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND FOR
PARTS OF EASTERN ARKANSAS UNTIL 400 PM CDT THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

AT 1230 THIS AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS WERE
SCATTERED THROUGHOUT A LARGE AREA OF RAIN THAT AFFECTED WEST TENNESSEE..
NORTH MISSISSIPPI..EAST ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL.
THE HEAVIER RAIM PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR BLYTHEVILLE ARKANSAS
..HAYTI MISSOURI AND EAST TO EAR JACKSON TENNESSEE. THUNDERSTORMS WITH
HEAVY RAIN STRETCHED FROM CLARKSDALE TO SENATOBIA MISSISSIPPI.

DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WIND MAY ACCOMPANY SOME OF THESE STORMS.
AN ADDITIONL CONCERN OF THESE STORMS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH
MAY CAUSE STREET FLOODING AND FLOODING OF OTHER LOW LYING AREAS.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
200 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 1989

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR A SMALL PART OF
SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...A SMALL PART OF NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND FOR
PARTS OF EASTERN ARKANSAS UNTIL 400 PM CDT THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

AT 145 PM CDT NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE
NORTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI.
THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS.

SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING THROUGH PHILLIPS COUNTY
ARKANSAS AND QUITMAN AND PANOLA COUNTIES IN MISSISSIPPI DURING THE
PAST HOUR.

OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN EXTREME NORTHWEST TENNESSEE
IN LAKE AND OBION COUNTIES.

HEAVY RAINS HAVE FALLEN THROUGHOUT THE MIDSOUTH DURING THE PAST TWO
DAYS. THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS INCREASED AS THE GROUND
HAS BECOME SATURATED AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL RUNOFF RAPIDLY. AREAS
MOST IMMEDIATELY SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING ARE NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND
EAST CENTRAL ARKANSAS.

STREAMS AND RIVERS HAVE ALSO BEEN ON THE RISE...MANY REACHING BANKFULL
OR OVERFLOWING. THE STREAM HEIGHT WILL VARY AND MAY RISE DRAMATICALLY
DURING THE NEXT TWO DAYS AND BECOME AN EXTREME DANGER TO CAMPERS LOCATED
IN FLOOD PLAINS OR NEAR STREAM AND RIVER BANKS.

PERSONS THROUGHOUT THE MIDSOUTH ARE ADVISED TO BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TOJ A PLACE OF
SAFETY SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING BE OBSERVED...ENCOUNTERED...
OR A WATCH BE ISSUED.

STAY TUNED TO THIS RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
200 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 1989

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR A SMALL PART OF
SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...A SMALL PART OF NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND FOR
PARTS OF EASTERN ARKANSAS UNTIL 400 PM CDT THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

AT 145 PM CDT NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE
NORTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI.
THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS.

SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING THROUGH PHILLIPS COUNTY
ARKANSAS AND QUITMAN AND PANOLA COUNTIES IN MISSISSIPPI DURING THE
PAST HOUR.

OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN EXTREME NORTHWEST TENNESSEE
IN LAKE AND OBION COUNTIES.

HEAVY RAINS HAVE FALLEN THROUGHOUT THE MIDSOUTH DURING THE PAST TWO
DAYS. THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS INCREASED AS THE GROUND
HAS BECOME SATURATED AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL RUNOFF RAPIDLY. AREAS
MOST IMMEDIATELY SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING ARE NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND
EAST CENTRAL ARKANSAS.

STREAMS AND RIVERS HAVE ALSO BEEN ON THE RISE...MANY REACHING BANKFULL
OR OVERFLOWING. THE STREAM HEIGHT WILL VARY AND MAY RISE DRAMATICALLY
DURING THE NEXT TWO DAYS AND BECOME AN EXTREME DANGER TO CAMPERS LOCATED
IN FLOOD PLAINS OR NEAR STREAM AND RIVER BANKS.

PERSONS THROUGHOUT THE MIDSOUTH ARE ADVISED TO BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREOPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING BE OBSERVED...ENCOUNTERED...
OR A WARNING BE ISSUED.

STAY TUNED TO THIS RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
230 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 1989

           ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 480 WHICH COVERED PARTS OF NORTH
MISSISSIPPI...WEST TENNESSEE...AND EASTERN ARKANSAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED
AND IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

AT 220 PM CDT NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE
NORTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI.
THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS.

SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING THROUGH PHILLIPS COUNTY
ARKANSAS AND QUITMAN AND PANOLA COUNTIES IN MISSISSIPPI DURING THE
PAST TWO HOURS.

THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE LOCATED IN EXTREME NORTHWEST TENNESSEE IN
LAKE AND OBION COUNTIES HAVE WEAKENED DURING THE PAST HOUR.
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HEAVY RAINS HAVE FALLEN THROUGHOUT THE MIDSOUTH DURING THE PAST TWO
DAYS. THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS INCREASED ACROSS THE
MIDSOUTH AS THE GROUND HAS BECOME SATURATED AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
WILL RUNOFF RAPIDLY. AREAS MOST IMMEDIATELY SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING
ARE NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND EAST CENTRAL ARKANSAS.

STREAMS AND RIVERS HAVE ALSO BEEN ON THE RISE...MANY REACHING BANKFULL
OR OVERFLOWING. THE STREAM HEIGHT WILL VARY AND MAY RISE DRAMATICALLY
DURING THE NEXT TWO DAYS AND BECOME AN EXTREME DANGER TO CAMPERS LOCATED
IN FLOOD PLAINS OR NEAR STREAM AND RIVER BANKS. CAMPERS ARE URGED TO
SET UP CAMP ON HIGH GROUND OpR IN AREAS NOT SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
325 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 1989

AT 320 PM CDT RAIN HAD DIMINISHED OVER EASTERN ARKANSAS AND WEST
TENNESSEE. AN AREA OF HEAVIER RAINS CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF NORTH
MISSISSIPPI...THIS AREA WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 15 MPH.

HEAVY RAINS HAVE FALLEN THROUGHOUT THE MIDSOUTH DURING THE PAST TWO
DAYS. THE MIDSOUTH REMAINS UNDER A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE
AND IS SUBJECT TO PERIODS OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE POTENTIAL FOR
FLASH FLOODING HAS INCREASED AS THE GROUND HAS BECOME SATURATED AND
AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL RUNOFF RAPIDLY.

STREAMS AND RIVERS HAVE ALSO BEEN ON THE RISE...MANY REACHING BANKFULL
OR OVERFLOWING. THE STREAM HEIGHT WILL VARY AND MAY RISE DRAMATICALLY
DURING THE NEXT TWO DAYS AND BECOME AN EXTREME DANGER TO CAMPERS LOCATED
IN FLOOD PLAINS OR NEAR STREAM AND RIVER BANKS. CAMPERS ARE URGED TO
SET UP CAMP ON HIGH GROUND OR IN AREAS NOT SUBJECT TO FLO*ODING.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
410 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 1989

...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

AT 405 PM CDT...A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED
FROM NORTHWEST MONROE COUNTY SOUTHWEST TO SOUTHERN CHICKASAW
COUNTY. THIS LINE IS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN
HOUR WHILE THE THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THE LINE ARE MOVING EAST
AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.^

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM IS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF ABERDEEN.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE VERY HIGH WINDS TO
45 MILES AN HOUR...VERY HEAVY RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

STAY TUNE FOR FURTHER UPDATES.